Mystical perspectives in interreligious dialogue by K. Waaijman

“…In a third part some mystical perspectives on this distinction in Islam will be analysed. …”
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Mysticism: a way of unknowing by C. E. T. Kourie

“… The phenomenon of mysticism has been a cause of intense debate for philosophers, religionists, and theologians for centuries. …”
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El Greco's representation of mystical ecstasy by Estelle Alma Maré

“… This article deals with one of El Greco’s most original inventions, namely the gesture expressing mystical ecstasy in angelic and human figures. It is introduced with a brief explanation of figural representation in Renaissance painting which was achieved by applying the premises of rhetoric in a visual way, that is by the means of the expressive gestures of figures. …”
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Mystical handbooks of the late middle ages by B. McGinn

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Mysticism and the Reformation: a brief survey by B. McGinn

“… A number of influential theologians over the past two centuries have denied that Protestant Christianity has a place for mysticism understood as the mingling of the divine and human natures. …”
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Reading scripture through a mystical lens by Celia Kourie

“…Utilising the insights of a French Carmelite, Elisabeth Catez, a mystical reading of Paul exemplifies this new, yet ancient, hermeneutical method. …”
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Discerning the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross by C. Kourie

“…From within this interspiritual approach, an analysis of the mystical wisdom of the Bhagavad Gita and John of the Cross clearly points to the central theme of discerning the real from the unreal. …”
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God’s meaning is love: The mystical theology of Julian of Norwich by P. Sheldrake

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Sacred texts and mystic meaning: an inquiry into Christian spirituality and the interpretive use of the Bible by F. England

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The glory of the Son of Man in Revelation 1-3. Reflections on mysticism in the New Testament by P. G. R. de Villiers

“… This article focuses on the mystical nature of the Christophany in Revelation 1-3 in order to illuminate the present research on mysticism in the New Testament. …”
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Preface by P.G.R. de Villiers, D.F. Tolmie

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Religious experience and sacred text by A. Holder

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Titus Brandsma: Getuige van God by J.M. Bos

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Essai de recherche d’une typologie de la sainte mystique dans l’islam et le christianisme à partir de l’étude de cas de Rabia Adawiyya by Claude-Brigitte Carcenac

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Contemplation and liturgy: The experience of St. Mary Magdalene De’ Pazzi (Florence, 1566-1607) by M. O'Neill

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The word that moves by H. Welzen

“… This essay investigates the role of the Bible in spirituality by looking at the relationship between academic exegesis and spiritual reading, mysticism and language, Bible reading as an event in the relationship between God and human beings and liturgy as a mystagogical process. …”
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L’hallucination de la connaissance : La Tentation de saint Antoine de Flaubert by Dagmar Stöferle

“…Görres makes the difference between a “true” Christian mysticism and a “false” demonical mysticism. What is called ecstasy on the one hand, is demonic possession on the other.  …”
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Panthéisme de Flaubert by Philippe Dufour

“…The young Flaubert participated in his fashion to the controversy, by his naturalist, sensitive pantheist, mysticism. But these euphoric moments in the midst of landscapes were counteracted by a feeling of melancholic loss of images which marked the rest of his work.…”
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Die openbaringsleer van Schilder by A. L. A. Buys, S. A. Strauss

“…Schilder’s view on revelation is still relevant, because it provides an effective answer to both mysticism and fundamentalism. …”
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